HUNGRY GIRL!!! tips and tricks for hungry chicks.

So I was reading over my weekly indulgence of People Magazine (thanks to Ambie) and I came across a fabulous ad promoting an even more Fabulous website. http://www.hungrygirl.com/


If any of you out there are watching what you eat and/or are trying to shed a few pounds this website ROCKS!!! I get so stinkin sick of eating leaves (a.k.a. salads) and chicken that I could pull my hair out (deep fry it, slather it in chili and cheese, and make a meal out of it!) We all know we should eat better but I think sometimes the reason it is so hard is because, well let's face it, fattening food freakin' tastes so stinkin' good (darn it!), and I think we tend to run out of ideas of how to jazz up healthy food in a non-fattening way and we get bored. At least I know I do!


So this website has been a gift from the God's, better than Christmas, Happy Birthday to me !!! It is yummy low-fat versions of our favorite yummy, high-fat foods. They also have new news up-dates on food, recipes, daily e-mails if you'd like etc.... They even give you the POINTS of each food item, if you are a Weight Watchers member (which I am not but know a lot of you are or are familiar with)


Check it out, I did, and I am loving it. You can click on the link in this post if it will let you or I have it listed under my cool web-sites. Enjoy!!! (because you know I do)

Soccer Mom

Mason, Stockton and Chase. The 3 Soccer buddies

You see the bumper stickers of self proclaimed soccer moms all over town, on mini-vans, Suburbans, and any other large SUV that can hold a bagillion kids. Well I have now officially been added to this ever growing group of women.


We decided to sign Chase up for soccer this Spring, along with his 2 cousins, Stockton and Mason. Chase had his first meeting with his team, where the boys met their coach and team-mates (which are all girls) and ran through some drills.


There were about 10 other teams there too, so over 100 kids were doing all these drills and it was quite entertaining! They would have the kids run from one end of the field to the next. Kids were tripping over each other, dropping like flies. It was a hoot to watch.


Chase did so good. He is so excited to be playing a team sport. His team name is the Chilli Peppers, (he thought that was kind of lame and wanted to call his team the Transformers) and the coach handed out jerseys, socks and shorts to all the team. Chase wants to wear them to school but I had to explain to him that these are only for soccer.


His first game is Saturday and I am so excited to watch him. I can't believe how fast he has grown.

Mason, Stockton and Chase, stretching their muscles.

"Go Chilli Peppers!"

Chase practicing a drill

Fun at the park !!!

Thank goodness for childhood!

Me and the boys get a little tired of being couped up in the house, so me and my sisters decided to take the kids to the park for lunch. They had a good time playing with their cousins and burning some of their energy off. It gets a little CrAzY for me at times trying to keep track of all 3 of them at once, but it is always well worth the fun!

Mason, Chase, Ryan and Stockton

Jagger and Jett enjoying their lunch

Elisa Winward with baby Emily and my sister, Shanelle with baby Abbie

IN NEED OF SOME NEW TUNES....ANY SUGGESTIONS???

So working out has been great, especially when you have rockin' music to work out to. I will be running on the treadmill and start getting a little pooped out and then all of a sudden I hear, Kanye West sing into my ear,"That, that, that, that which won't kill me, can only make me stronger......" and I am pumped again and start to pick up the pace and get completely re-motivated. What would I ever do without my MP3 player?!?!?
So, to all of you who work out to music, please do share what it is you are listening to while you do it. I need up-beat music with a fast beat. No slow love songs or soft rock (sorry, Keelee, Kenny Loggins won't do this time) Right now I have some Nelly, Black Eyed Peas, Justin Timberlake, Timbaland, Nelly Furtado to name a few. My MP3 only holds like 64 songs so I am getting tired of the same old thing.
Please leave me some suggestions, I would love it!

A "Holler" to my girls! You guys Rock!

I would like to give a big Holler to the women in my life, Amber, Shanelle, Brooke, Mom, and Amber, my sis-in-law. You guys are so inspiring and I am so proud of you all. These wonderful and beautiful girls have taking on a beast of challenge of losing weight and together, the 6 of us have lost well over 100 pounds. Yay for us!!!

Amber, my oldest sister and neighbor has been the best work out buddy and huge help in my weight loss goals. Without her, I am not sure if I would be able to drag my butt out of bed every morning at 4:41 a.m. to go to the gym. You are awesome Ambie! Thanks for your help, you kick butt.

Shanelle and my mom joined Weight Watchers a little over 2 months ago and Shanelle has already lost 19 pounds, and my mom has lost 11 pounds. I am so excited for them both, especially mom, because she has always wanted this.

Brooke has rocked, I am not sure exactly how much weight she has lost but I know she has gone from a size 14/15 to an 8 and looks absolutely amazing. Keep it up B-Dog!

Amber Hatch-Blake, the only words that justify her weight loss are excplicit ones so use your imagination !!! The first time I saw her after she moved back from St. George and had loss the majority of her weight, the first thought in my head was HOLY $#!%. I would guess before her weight loss she was a size 9/10 and now can easily slide into a size 2/4. You are truly my hero and one of the reasons I decided I could do this.

You all are and have always been beautiful girls. But now, you are all SeXy MoMmA's!!! Thanks for your inspiration and motivation. I love you all. Keep it up!

All of us girls dining out at the Cheesecake Factory.

Up-date on "Bob".

So it has been almost 2 weeks since I first introduced, "Bob". I will update on my weight loss every 2 weeks and a new picture every month. I was 166 lbs. last time I posted about my weight loss, and I am now 163.5 lbs. I do flucuate from morning to evening by a pound and a half or so, but my clothes are still telling me the truth.


I have upped (is that even a word?) my workouts now, i am cycling 2 days a week on Mondays and Thursdays, and have added Power Pump, which is a strength training class that focuses on your upper body, every Tuesday, and Cardio Circuit, which is a mix of strength training and cardio, that focuses on your core and lower body, every Friday. Wednesday is a free day which I usually run 2.5 miles so I can build my running endurance. (remember, I have 5K coming up in May and a 10K coming up in August). Saturdays and Sundays are my recovery days. I am still living the South Beach way and it has been great.


I am starting to feel like it is going to take more effort ridding my body of these last 30 pounds. I think my body likes to be at this weight. That is why I have decided to up my work-outs. The first 20-25 lbs were easy, I was surprised how quickly they came off. I have a feeling this next round of weight loss isn't going to be a walk in the park, so I know that I have to be extra careful and watch my portions and really make my work-outs worth the effort. Wish me Luck.

Lost: 26.5 pounds

still to go: 30.5 pounds

YMCA Healthy Kids Day

Today was a busy Saturday for us. James left this morning at 6:00 a.m. to be to the University of Utah (go Utes!) so he could take his FE Exam for civil engineering. YAYYYYY!!!! He is almost finished with school so if he passes that test he will be an officially licensed Civil Engineer. (Cross your fingers everyone) With James gone that left me alone all day with my 3 boys. We had a 9:00 baptism and confirmation to go to. So I was up at 7:30, got ready, fed the kids, dressed them all, got myself ready, and was off. It was a fun day. My niece, Kelsie was baptised today and I gave a talk on the Holy Ghost.

Kelsie's Baptism Day. These are some of my nieces and nephews eating breakfast afterward.

After her baptism was over, I wanted to take the boys somewhere fun since we were all dressed and the day was turning out to be so nice. I took them to the park by the Taylorsville City Building. We love this park and go there all the time. It just so happen to be that the YMCA was putting on a "healthy kids fair". So after the boys played on the slide and swings for an hour or so we decided to check it out. It eneded up being a fun day. They met Grizz, the mascot for the Utah Grizzlies hockey team (the twins especially loved that) They got some healthy snacks to munch on, their faces painted, they fished for prizes, finger painted, played hockey, and Chase got to climb a rock climbing wall. He did so good. I couldn't believe it!

Chase having fun finger-painting

The twins "fishing" for prizes

Chase "fishing" for prizes.

Chase getting a "dragon" painted on his faces

Chase liked taking a whack at hockey

They had so much fun but were so pooped out. So we came home had a light lunch and I layed them all down for a nap. It was a fun day.

Chase loved climbing the rock wall

On his way down off the wall. "Good job, Buddy!"

The boys thought, Grizz was so cool.

I Love Older Homes

If I had money coming out my ears, one thing that I would absolutely love to do is buy old homes and refinish them. When I say old homes, I mean OLD homes. The kinds with porches and high peaked gables, thick finished carpentry and funny shaped windows. I have such a love for these old buildings and the character that comes with them. One day, when my children are grown and on their own, I would love to down-size to one of these houses and make it my very own.

Over the years when I have been driving with the kids and we spot a cool house, I will pull over a snap a picture of it. I have found that I have quite the collection of these photos now. Check some of them out. You might see your own house or someone's that you know. These houses are in a cute little neighborhood by West Minister College. We love to take Sunday drives through these kind of neighborhoods and see what other cool houses we might find.